Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
JULY
16
PSALMS:
16, 46, 76, 106,
136
PROVERBS: 16
OLD
TESTAMENT: JEREMIAH 4:19 - 6:15
NEW
TESTAMENT: COLOSSIANS 1:18 -
2:7
PSALMS: 16
A
miktam A of David.
1
Keep
me safe, O God,
for
in you I take refuge.
2
I
said to the LORD, "You are my Lord;
apart
from you I have no good thing."
3
As
for the saints who are in the land,
they
are the glorious ones in whom is all my delight.
B
4
The
sorrows of those will increase
who
run after other gods.
I
will not pour out their libations of blood
or
take up their names on my lips.
5
LORD,
you have assigned me my portion and my cup;
you
have made my lot secure.
6
The
boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
surely
I have a delightful inheritance.
7
I
will praise the LORD, who counsels me;
even
at night my heart instructs me.
8
I
have set the LORD always before me.
Because
he is at my right hand,
I
will not be shaken. [1]
9
Therefore
my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my
body also will rest secure,
10
because
you will not abandon me to the grave, C
nor
will you let your Holy One D see decay.
11
You
have made E known to me the path of life;
you
will fill me with joy in your presence,
with
eternal pleasures at your right hand. [2]
PSALMS: 46
For
the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to alamoth.
A A song.
1
God
is our refuge and strength,
an
ever-present help in trouble.
2
Therefore
we will not fear, though the earth give way
and
the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
3
though
its waters roar and foam
and
the mountains quake with their surging.
Selah
4
There
is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the
holy place where the Most High dwells.
5
God
is within her, she will not fall;
God
will help her at break of day.
6
Nations
are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
he
lifts his voice, the earth melts.
7
The
LORD Almighty is with us;
the
God of Jacob is our fortress.
Selah
8
Come
and see the works of the LORD,
the
desolations he has brought on the earth.
9
He
makes wars cease to the ends of the earth;
he
breaks the bow and shatters the spear,
he
burns the shields B with fire.
10
"Be still, and know that I am
God;
I
will be exalted among the nations,
I
will be exalted in the earth."
11
The
LORD Almighty is with us;
the
God of Jacob is our fortress.
Selah
[3]
PSALMS: 76
For
the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph. A
song.
1
In
Judah God is known;
his
name is great in Israel.
2
His
tent is in Salem,
his
dwelling place in Zion.
3
There
he broke the flashing arrows,
the
shields and the swords, the weapons of war.
Selah
4
You
are resplendent with light,
more
majestic than mountains rich with game.
5
Valiant
men lie plundered,
they
sleep their last sleep;
not
one of the warriors
can
lift his hands.
6
At
your rebuke, O God of Jacob,
both
horse and chariot lie still.
7
You
alone are to be feared.
Who
can stand before you when you are angry?
8
From
heaven you pronounced judgment,
and
the land feared and was quiet--
9
when
you, O God, rose up to judge,
to
save all the afflicted of the land.
Selah
10
Surely
your wrath against men brings you praise,
and
the survivors of your wrath are restrained. A
11
Make
vows to the LORD your God and fulfill them;
let
all the neighboring lands
bring
gifts to the One to be feared.
12
He
breaks the spirit of rulers; [4]
he
is feared by the kings of the earth [5]
PSALMS: 106
1
Praise
the LORD. A
Give
thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
his
love endures forever.
2
Who
can proclaim the mighty acts of the LORD
or
fully declare his praise?
3Blessed
are they who maintain justice,
who
constantly do what is right.
4
Remember
me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people,
come
to my aid when you save them,
5
that
I may enjoy the prosperity of your chosen ones,
that
I may share in the joy of your nation
and
join your inheritance in giving praise.
6
We
have sinned, even as our fathers did;
we
have done wrong and acted wickedly.
7
When
our fathers were in Egypt,
they
gave no thought to your miracles;
they
did not remember your many kindnesses,
and
they rebelled by the sea, the Red Sea. B
8
Yet
he saved them for his name's sake,
to
make his mighty power known.
9
He
rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;
he
led them through the depths as through a desert.
10
He
saved them from the hand of the foe;
from
the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.
11
The
waters covered their adversaries;
not
one of them survived.
12
Then
they believed his promises
and
sang his praise. [6]
13
But
they soon forgot what he had done
and
did not wait for his counsel.
14
In
the desert they gave in to their craving;
in
the wasteland they put God to the test.
15
So
he gave them what they asked for,
but
sent a wasting disease upon them.
16
In
the camp they grew envious of Moses
and
of Aaron, who was consecrated to the LORD.
17
The
earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;
it
buried the company of Abiram.
18
Fire
blazed among their followers;
a
flame consumed the wicked.
19
At
Horeb they made a calf
and
worshiped an idol cast from metal.
20
They
exchanged their Glory
for
an image of a bull, which eats grass.
21
They
forgot the God who saved them,
who
had done great things in Egypt,
22
miracles
in the land of Ham
and
awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
23
So
he said he would destroy them--
had
not Moses, his chosen one,
stood
in the breach before him
to
keep his wrath from destroying them.
24
Then
they despised the pleasant land;
they
did not believe his promise.
25
They
grumbled in their tents
and
did not obey the LORD.
26
So
he swore to them with uplifted hand
that
he would make them fall in the desert,
27
make
their descendants fall among the nations [7]
and
scatter them throughout the lands.
28
They
yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor
and
ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
29
they
provoked the LORD to anger by their wicked deeds,
and
a plague broke out among them.
30
But
Phinehas stood up and intervened,
and
the plague was checked.
31
This
was credited to him as righteousness
for
endless generations to come.
32
By
the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD,
and
trouble came to Moses because of them;
33
for
they rebelled against the Spirit of God,
and
rash words came from Moses' lips. C
34
They
did not destroy the peoples
as
the LORD had commanded them,
35
but
they mingled with the nations
and
adopted their customs.
36
They
worshiped their idols,
which
became a snare to them.
37
They
sacrificed their sons
and
their daughters to demons.
38
They
shed innocent blood,
the
blood of their sons and daughters,
whom
they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
and
the land was desecrated by their blood.
39
They
defiled themselves by what they did;
by
their deeds they prostituted themselves.
40
Therefore
the LORD was angry with his people
and
abhorred his inheritance.
41
He
handed them over to the nations,
and
their foes ruled over them. [8]
42
Their
enemies oppressed them
and
subjected them to their power.
43
Many
times he delivered them,
but
they were bent on rebellion
and
they wasted away in their sin.
44
But
he took note of their distress
when
he heard their cry;
45
for
their sake he remembered his covenant
and
out of his great love he relented.
46
He
caused them to be pitied
by
all who held them captive.
47
Save
us, O LORD our God,
and
gather us from the nations,
that
we may give thanks to your holy name
and
glory in your praise.
48
Praise
be to the LORD, the God of Israel,
from
everlasting to everlasting.
Let
all the people say, "Amen!"
Praise
the LORD. [9]
PSALMS: 136
1
Give
thanks to the LORD, for he is good.
His
love endures forever.
2
Give
thanks to the God of gods.
His
love endures forever.
3
Give
thanks to the Lord of lords:
His
love endures forever.
4
to
him who alone does great wonders,
His
love endures forever.
5
who
by his understanding made the heavens,
His
love endures forever.
6
who
spread out the earth upon the waters,
His
love endures forever.
7
who
made the great lights--
His
love endures forever.
8
the
sun to govern the day,
His
love endures forever.
9
the
moon and stars to govern the night;
His
love endures forever.
10
to
him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt
His
love endures forever.
11
and
brought Israel out from among them
His
love endures forever.
12
with
a mighty hand and outstretched arm;
His
love endures forever.
13
to
him who divided the Red Sea A asunder
His
love endures forever.
14
and
brought Israel through the midst of it,
His
love endures forever.
15
but
swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea;
His
love endures forever.
16t
o him who led his people through the desert,
His
love endures forever.
17
who
struck down great kings,
His
love endures forever.
18
and
killed mighty kings--
His
love endures forever.
19
Sihon
king of the Amorites
His
love endures forever.
20
and
Og king of Bashan--
His
love endures forever.
21
and
gave their land as an inheritance,
His
love endures forever.
22
an
inheritance to his servant Israel;
His
love endures forever.
23
to
the One who remembered us in our low estate
His
love endures forever.
24
and
freed us from our enemies,
His
love endures forever.
25
and
who gives food to every creature.
His
love endures forever.
26
Give
thanks to the God of heaven.
PROVERBS: 16
16
1
To man belong the plans of the heart,
but
from the LORD comes the reply of the tongue.
2
All
a man's ways seem innocent to him,
but
motives are weighed by the LORD.
3
Commit
to the LORD whatever you do,
and
your plans will succeed.
4
The
LORD works out everything for his own ends--
even
the wicked for a day of disaster.
5
The
LORD detests all the proud of heart.
Be
sure of this: They will not go unpunished.
6
Through
love and faithfulness sin is atoned for;
through
the fear of the LORD a man avoids evil.
7
When
a man's ways are pleasing to the LORD,
he
makes even his enemies live at peace with him.
8
Better
a little with righteousness
than
much gain with injustice.
9
In
his heart a man plans his course,
but
the LORD determines his steps.
10
The
lips of a king speak as an oracle,
and
his mouth should not betray justice.
11
Honest
scales and balances are from the LORD;
all
the weights in the bag are of his making.[12]
12
Kings
detest wrongdoing,
for
a throne is established through righteousness.
13
Kings
take pleasure in honest lips;
they
value a man who speaks the truth.
14
A
king's wrath is a messenger of death,
but
a wise man will appease it.
15
When
a king's face brightens, it means life;
his
favor is like a rain cloud in spring.
16
How
much better to get wisdom than gold,
to
choose understanding rather than silver!
17
The
highway of the upright avoids evil;
he
who guards his way guards his life.
18
Pride
goes before destruction,
a
haughty spirit before a fall.
19
Better
to be lowly in spirit and among the oppressed
than
to share plunder with the proud.
20
Whoever
gives heed to instruction prospers,
and
blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.
21
The
wise in heart are called discerning,
and
pleasant words promote instruction. A
22
Understanding
is a fountain of life to those who have it,
but
folly brings punishment to fools. [13]
23
A
wise man's heart guides his mouth,
and
his lips promote instruction. B
24
Pleasant
words are a honeycomb,
sweet
to the soul and healing to the bones.
25
There
is a way that seems right to a man,
but
in the end it leads to death.
26
The
laborer's appetite works for him;
his
hunger drives him on.
27
A
scoundrel plots evil,
and
his speech is like a scorching fire.
28
A
perverse man stirs up dissension,
and
a gossip separates close friends.
29
A
violent man entices his neighbor
and
leads him down a path that is not good.
30
He
who winks with his eye is plotting perversity;
he
who purses his lips is bent on evil.
31
Gray
hair is a crown of splendor;
it
is attained by a righteous life.
32
Better
a patient man than a warrior,
a
man who controls his temper than one who takes a city.
33
The
lot is cast into the lap,
but
its every decision is from the LORD. [14]
OLD
TESTAMENT: JEREMIAH 4:19 - 6:15
19
Oh,
my anguish, my anguish!
I
writhe in pain.
Oh,
the agony of my heart!
My
heart pounds within me,
I
cannot keep silent.
For
I have heard the sound of the trumpet;
I
have heard the battle cry.
20
Disaster
follows disaster;
the
whole land lies in ruins.
In
an instant my tents are destroyed,
my
shelter in a moment.
21
How
long must I see the battle standard
and
hear the sound of the trumpet?
22
"My people are fools;
they
do not know me.
They
are senseless children;
they
have no understanding.
They
are skilled in doing evil;
they
know not how to do good."
23
I
looked at the earth,
and
it was formless and empty;
and
at the heavens,
and
their light was gone. [15]
24
I
looked at the mountains,
and
they were quaking;
all
the hills were swaying.
25
I
looked, and there were no people;
every
bird in the sky had flown away.
26
I
looked, and the fruitful land was a desert;
all
its towns lay in ruins
before
the LORD, before his fierce anger.
27
This
is what the LORD says:
"The whole land will be ruined,
though
I will not destroy it completely.
28
Therefore the earth will mourn
and
the heavens above grow dark,
because
I have spoken and will not relent,
I
have decided and will not turn back."
29
At
the sound of horsemen and archers
every
town takes to flight.
Some
go into the thickets;
some
climb up among the rocks.
All
the towns are deserted;
no
one lives in them.
30
What
are you doing, O devastated one? [16]
Why
dress yourself in scarlet
and
put on jewels of gold?
Why
shade your eyes with paint?
You
adorn yourself in vain.
Your
lovers despise you;
they
seek your life.
31
I
hear a cry as of a woman in labor,
a
groan as of one bearing her first child--
the
cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath,
stretching
out her hands and saying,
"Alas!
I am fainting;
my
life is given over to murderers."
5
1
"Go
up and down the streets of Jerusalem,
look
around and consider,
search
through her squares.
If
you can find but one person
who
deals honestly and seeks the truth,
I
will forgive this city.
2
Although
they say, `As surely as the LORD lives,'
still
they are swearing falsely." [17]
3
O
LORD, do not your eyes look for truth?
You
struck them, but they felt no pain;
you
crushed them, but they refused correction.
They
made their faces harder than stone
and
refused to repent.
4
I
thought, "These are only the poor;
they
are foolish,
for
they do not know the way of the LORD,
the
requirements of their God.
5
So
I will go to the leaders
and
speak to them;
surely
they know the way of the LORD,
the
requirements of their God."
But
with one accord they too had broken off the yoke
and
torn off the bonds.
6
Therefore
a lion from the forest will attack them,
a
wolf from the desert will ravage them,
a
leopard will lie in wait near their towns
to
tear to pieces any who venture out,
for
their rebellion is great
and
their backslidings many.
7
"Why should I forgive you?
Your
children have forsaken me
and
sworn by gods that are not gods.
I
supplied all their needs,
and
thronged to the houses of prostitutes.
8
They are well-fed, lusty stallions,
each
neighing for another man's wife.
9
Should I not punish them for this?"
declares
the LORD.
"Should I not avenge myself
on
such a nation as this?
10
"Go through her vineyards and ravage them,
but
do not destroy them completely.
Strip
off her branches,
for
these people do not belong to the LORD.
11
The house of Israel and the house of Judah
have
been utterly unfaithful to me,"
declares
the LORD.
12
They
have lied about the LORD;
they
said, "He will do nothing!
No
harm will come to us;
we
will never see sword or famine.
13
The
prophets are but wind
and
the word is not in them;
so
let what they say be done to them." [19]
14
Therefore
this is what the LORD God Almighty says:
"Because the people have spoken these words,
I
will make my words in your mouth a fire
and
these people the wood it consumes.
15
O house of Israel,"
declares the LORD,
"I am bringing a distant nation against you--
an
ancient and enduring nation,
a
people whose language you do not know,
whose
speech you do not understand.
16
Their quivers are like an open grave;
all
of them are mighty warriors.
17
They will devour your harvests and food,
devour
your sons and daughters;
they
will devour your flocks and herds,
devour
your vines and fig trees.
With
the sword they will destroy
the
fortified cities in which you trust.
18
"Yet even in those days," declares the LORD, "I will not destroy you completely.
19
And when the people ask, `Why has the LORD our God done all this to
us?'
you will tell them, `As you have forsaken me and
served foreign gods in your own land, so now you will serve foreigners in a land
not your own.'
20
"Announce this to the house of Jacob
and
proclaim it in Judah:
21
Hear this, you foolish and senseless people,
who
have ears but do not hear:
22
Should you not fear me?"
declares the LORD.
"Should you not tremble in my presence?
I
made the sand a boundary for the sea,
an
everlasting barrier it cannot cross.
The
waves may roll, but they cannot prevail;
they
may roar, but they cannot cross it.
23
But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts;
they
have turned aside and gone away.
24
They do not say to themselves,
`Let
us fear the LORD our God,
who
gives autumn and spring rains in season,
who
assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.'
25
Your wrongdoings have kept these away;
your
sins have deprived you of good.
26
"Among my people are wicked men
who
lie in wait like men who snare birds
and
like those who set traps to catch men.
27
Like cages full of birds,
their
houses are full of deceit;
they
have become rich and powerful
28
and have grown fat and sleek.
Their
evil deeds have no limit;
they
do not plead the case of the fatherless to win it,
they
do not defend the rights of the poor.
[21]
29
Should I not punish them for this?"
declares
the LORD.
"Should I not avenge myself
on
such a nation as this?
30
"A horrible and shocking thing
has
happened in the land:
31
The prophets prophesy lies,
the
priests rule by their own authority,
and
my people love it this way.
But
what will you do in the end?
6
1
"Flee for safety, people of Benjamin!
Flee
from Jerusalem!
Sound
the trumpet in Tekoa!
Raise
the signal over Beth Hakkerem!
For
disaster looms out of the north,
even
terrible destruction.
2
I will destroy the Daughter of Zion,
so
beautiful and delicate.
3
Shepherds with their flocks will come against her;
they
will pitch their tents around her,
each
tending his own portion."
4
"Prepare for battle against her! [22]
Arise,
let us attack at noon!
But,
alas, the daylight is fading,
and
the shadows of evening grow long.
5
So arise, let us attack at night
and
destroy her fortresses!"
6
This
is what the LORD Almighty says:
"Cut down the trees
and
build siege ramps against Jerusalem.
This
city must be punished;
it
is filled with oppression.
7
As a well pours out its water,
so
she pours out her wickedness.
Violence
and destruction resound in her;
her
sickness and wounds are ever before me.
8
Take warning, O Jerusalem,
or
I will turn away from you
and
make your land desolate
so
no one can live in it."
9
This
is what the LORD Almighty says:
"Let them glean the remnant of Israel
as
thoroughly as a vine;
like
one gathering grapes."
10
To
whom can I speak and give warning?
Who
will listen to me?
Their
ears are closed A
so
they cannot hear.
The
word of the LORD is offensive to them;
they
find no pleasure in it.
11
But
I am full of the wrath of the LORD,
and
I cannot hold it in.
"Pour it out on the children in the street
and
on the young men gathered together;
both
husband and wife will be caught in it,
and
the old, those weighed down with years.
12
Their houses will be turned over to others,
together
with their fields and their wives,
when
I stretch out my hand
against
those who live in the land,"
declares
the LORD.
13
"From the least to the greatest,
all
are greedy for gain;
prophets
and priests alike,
all
practice deceit.
[23]
14
They dress the wound of my people
as
though it were not serious.
`Peace,
peace,' they say,
when
there is no peace.
15
Are they ashamed of their loathsome conduct?
No,
they have no shame at all;
they
do not even know how to blush.
So
they will fall among the fallen;
they
will be brought down when I punish them,"
says
the LORD. [25]
NEW
TESTAMENT: COLOSSIANS 1:18 -
2:7
18
And
he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn
from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. 19
For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20
and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on
earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.
21
Once
you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of
F your evil behavior. 22 But now he has reconciled you by
Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without
blemish and free from accusation—23 if you continue in your faith,
established and firm, not moved from the hope held out in the gospel. This is
the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under
heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
24
Now
I rejoice in what was suffered for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still
lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is
the church. 25 I have become its servant by the commission God gave
me to present to you the word of God in its fullness—26 the mystery
that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the
saints. 27 To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles
the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
28
We
proclaim him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may
present everyone perfect in Christ. 29 To this end I labor,
struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in
me.
2
1
I
want you to know how much I am struggling for you and for those at Laodicea, and
for all who have not met me personally. 2 My purpose is that they may
be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches
of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God,
namely, Christ, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and
knowledge. 4 I tell you this so that no one may deceive you by
fine-sounding arguments. 5 For though I am absent from you in body, I
am present with you in spirit and delight to see how orderly you are and how
firm your faith in Christ is.
6
So
then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, 7
rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught,
and overflowing with thankfulness. [26]
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John 3:16-21 16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, F that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.G 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God." H
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